May 27, 2014

Fresh, quick and delicious – this salad takes less than 5 minutes to make, start to finish and there's no cooking involved, so it's perfect for the summer because you won't heat up your kitchen!

This salad was inspired by an amazing vegan appetizer I had in Seaside Florida prepared for me by the staff at Raw and Juicy. It was so fresh and simple, I knew I was going to recreate it at home. Rather than dicing the zucchini into perfect little squares, I used my Paderno Spiral Vegetable Slicer (my all time FAVORITE cooking gadget) and spiralized it instead plus I added some cooked shelled edamame sold in the salad section of my supermarket for protein. The results were fresh and fantastic – a MUST try!

Use a spiralizer or a mandolin fitted with a julienne blade and cut the zucchini into thin spaghetti-like strands. Trim the strands into bite size lengths, about 8 inches long and place it in a large work bowl. Drizzle the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper and toss.

Dice the avocado into small pieces and add to the bowl along with the edamame, basil and chives. Serve right away and enjoy!

Beautiful. I still haven't buy a spiralizer, but I'm seriously considering it. I love all the different recipes where you've used it. I've never tried the zucchini-avocado combination, but now you've intrigued me. Don't be surprised if it soon makes an appearance on my blog, lol. Thanks.

Hi, I love avocados but one of my daughters is allergic, you could replace the avocados with humus or I have used mashed green peas. We do a lot of Avocado stuff but when looking for a replacement the green peas seem to be the most popular.

Thank you so much, Gina, for these wonderful recipes. I plan to try this one soon as it looks fabulous. Having struggled for most of my life with my weight, I've only recently managed to lose the weight I needed to and keep it off (2+ years and going strong!). Your recipes have been a big part of my permanent lifestyle changes and have made healthy eating a real pleasure for me. There's so much variety among your recipes and there's really something for everyone. I even managed to get my husband to drop about 15 pounds without even trying just by feeding him your recipes. He loves them too and can't believe they've been lightened up. So, thank you again for the love and creativity you put into developing and sharing these recipes. You have truly made a difference for me!

I made this receipe last night for today's lunch and it was DELISH! Also, I don't have a spiralizer but I do have a Veggetti that I bought form Bed, Bath and Beyond, to make the zoodles and it works great!

This recipe sounds delightful. I just got a spiralizer and have only used it once, but love it. When I make this recipe I would sub feta cheese for the avocado, partly to up the protein level, but also because my husband does NOT like avocado. Really looking forward to trying this; it will be nice when we're at the beach and I do not have access to a stove…

I tried the recipe for lunch today, omitted avocado, added grilled chicken pieces and some sheep's milk feta… this recipe was a tremendous success. Both my husband and our guest were very pleased with it (our guest was surprised that the spaghetti was really zucchini). My husband doesn't offer compliments lightly. Thank you for such a great recipe, especially one that uses my new toy. Love my spiralizer!

Gosh! thanks for sharing this video. I love that salad you have made and shared with us. It looks tasty and healthy. that would be nice not only to vegetarians but could be of mix after meal. I want to try making one today. Thanks a million.

I have been waiting to make this since I saw the post, and finally got to make this for lunch today. It was AMAZING!! I added 1/4 of chick peas for additional protein, and I loved the basil in it. I love this spiralizer, it is so much fun! Keep the spiralizing ideas flowing......Thanks!!

Shoving this salad into my mouth as I type and groaning in pleasure. WOW! I finally broke down and bought the sprializer after seeing this recipe. I just received it Wednesday and this salad is it's maiden try. HOLY COW! I was not expecting to like it this much. Everything about it is to die for! What really got me was how much I love the texture of the zoodles. The hubs is loving it too. Definitely going to be eating a lot of this this summer!

My Paderno Spiraler arrived today, which I bought specifically because of you! This is the first thing I made with it, and it was freaking incredible. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about raw zucchini, but it has a nice crunch to it and it pairs very well with the basil, chive, and lemon in the dressing.

I made zucchini noodles with a julienne peeler and it did the trick, but it took forever and I had a lot of waste. The Paderno machine did a huge zucchini in like 15 seconds and I had many more noodles than I got with my julienne peeler. Everyone should have this machine! And everyone should make this recipe!

To be honest I wasn't sure how I would like "raw zucchini". although after I mixed everything together, it tastes delicious!

I bought my Paderno months ago and had been so hesitant to try a single dish I ended up storing it away and completely forgetting about it, crazy I know. But once I saw your post on Facebook with this picture, I knew it was time to dive in and try it and I am so glad I did. My husband loves it and says he can eat this everyday, thanks for sharing all your great finds!

This recipe is amazingly good! I didn't think I'd like raw zucchini either but it was amazing! I made extra to take for lunch today, not such a good idea. It was very watery by the time I ate, still good though. P.S. I also bought my Paderno spiralizer because of you too.